"I heard a 'boom, boom' and then that's what woke me up," the father said. "I got up and came out of the living room and I said, 'Son, you all right?' And he didn't answer me so I came around and he was on the floor. He was dead."

Just hours into that investigation, police found Hartfield, Sr. had an outstanding felony warrant from 2010.

He is accused of opening a fake bank account and writing bad checks.

Police arrested him right away.

"I feel bad about that," he said. "I told them, I said I would take care of it. I just said, 'Man, let me take care of my son.' I said, 'I'm not going anywhere. Let me just take care of my son.'"